But why is everybody writing “Floyd-Steinburg-dithering”, if I am remembering correctly the algorithm was developed by Robert W. Floyd and and Louis Steinberg.
So if I am wrong, please correct me, else give him the credits he deserves
Because Glowforge either spelled it wrong, or came up with their own Floyd-Steinberg-esque dithering algorithm and thought it would be clever to name it Floyd Steinburg. So, technically, until told otherwise, the proper way to refer to the Glowforge settings is, as unfortunate as it may be, “Floyd Steinburg.”
I very strongly debated moving this to Problems and Support. But I decided they have bigger fish to fry at the moment. I hope somebody else disagrees with me and moves it there.
I feel like if it is close enough to the original to be named for the original, then the name ought to be spelled correctly.
This is one of those bugs where the discussion about whether or not to fix it inevitably eclipses the actual implementation time. I work in software so I always roll my eyes when someone says, “That should be EASY!” because it is often not as simple as it looks.
But in this case… well… fixing strings should be easy.
Feel free to correct me. Since english is not my first language, there is always a high possibility of errors. I am always happy to learn, but this isn’t helpful. Where is the typo so I can correct it?
Thank you @jamesdhatch. I fixed it in the original post. You are right, this is tricky. I looked at it for quite a while, but didn’t get it. The spellchecker also didn’t help. Is there some memory hook for this?
None that I’m aware of. It’s just one of those English things that have to be memorized. You can use synonyms (like “overly”) but if you remember to do that, you’d likely remember the correct form of “to/too” to use.
There are enough of these oddities in the language that most people make a mistake or two in a regular basis (I used to edit product reviews so I’m fairly sensitive to errors but I’m also pretty tolerant, especially for people for whom American English isn’t their native language - we have enough things dividing people, we don’t need to add arcane grammar rules to the list).
“Too” is usually used in the sense of “more” or “additional”, like “too much” or “I would like that too”. I use the mnemonic 'too much is spelled with too many Os."
The Finland part is from a reddit post, but you can read about it here if you feel like wasting time on absurd things. But basically, Finland doesn’t exist. People who think they live in Finland are really just living on the coast of Sweden.
But it became a joke for a false memory. “What’s something you remember, but are wrong about?” and people say Finland. They remember there being a Finland.
Sorry to be late in responding; the others have explained it well. Normally I would never make fun of someone’s knowledge of language. I know I’d butcher a second language if I tried. I thought it was an innocent typo, made giggle-worthy used in conjunction with the word meticulous. My bad.
BTW, a quick search of “Steinberg” would have revealed that the same issue was discussed four or five days ago on this forum.
No problem here. I am really happy to learn. The mnemonic Dan mentioned is great. In October I will spent some time in Boston and maybe New York, this will also help to improve my english. It has been some years since my last visit.
Speaking of mistakes with other languages, I recall trying to describe my special recipe for guacamole to some Spanish-speaking friends, and instead of listing “pico de gallo” as an ingredient, I accidentally said “cinco de mayo.” They burst out laughing and ribbed me about it for a long time!